From fork-admin@xent.com Sat Oct 5 12:38:46 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FD6D16F03 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 12:38:46 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:38:46 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g94J8PK04887 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:08:28 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A27F2940B5; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from hotmail.com (dav19.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.22.123]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDC8829409A for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:07:27 -0700 X-Originating-Ip: [207.202.171.254] From: "Mr. FoRK" To: Subject: Documentum Acquires E-Room, Melding Content, Collaboration MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-Id: X-Originalarrivaltime: 04 Oct 2002 19:07:27.0088 (UTC) FILETIME=[47776F00:01C26BD9] Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:12:44 -0700 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-30.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,T_NONSENSE_FROM_00_10,US_DOLLARS_2, US_DOLLARS_4 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: Don't know much about eRoom - but there is the magic phrase 'collaborate in real-time'... Groove really has people running scared. Wonder if any users actually /benefit/ from collaborating in real-time. === http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021004S0001 Content-management vendor Documentum said late Thursday it plans to acquire privately held e-Room Technologies in a deal worth about $100 million. Documentum will issue approximately 7.7 million shares of its common stock and pay about $12.6 million in cash for all of the outstanding shares of eRoom. Documentum makes a platform for enterprise-wide content management. ERoom makes tools for enterprise collaboration. Its customers include Airbus, Bausch & Lomb, Ford Motor Co., and Sony. Documentum announced plans this summer to deliver a new Collaboration Edition of its content-management suite. ERoom was already integrating its tools to the Documentum platform, making an acquisition an easy target, according to Documentum president and CEO Dave DeWalt. With the upcoming joint product, customers will be able to collaborate in real-time via virtual workspaces, sharing schedules, resources, and even jointly creating content. Content creation and management has always been a collaborative task, but workflow has usually been delivered via a Web browser interface or even simple e-mail -- and rarely in real-time. For now, Documentum will sell the eRoom platform and its own content-management system through combined sales channels. Further integration is planned down the line, the companies said.